Tape for the Turn of the Year

Tape for the Turn of the Year

â€œThis is the most surprising formal invention of a major innovator, is the fullest vision Ammons gives us of his enormous creative enterprise. Among the major descendents of Whitmanâ€™s Song of Myself, Tape occupies an essential imaginative space, showing us much about what is essential in the American poetic imagination.â€ â€•Harold Bloom
In the form of a journal covering the period December 6, 1963, through January 10, 1964, A. R. Ammonsâ€™s long, thin poem was written on a roll of adding-machine tape, then transferred foot by foot to manuscript. He chose this method as a serious experiment in making a poem adapt to something outside itself. The tape determined both the length of the poemâ€™s lines and when it ends. Tape for the Turn of the Year is a poem of infinite variety, blessed by the rich resources of one of this centuryâ€™s greatest poets. By turns witty, serious, lyrical, and meditative, it is at once a superbly entertaining book and a significant literary achievement.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1965-11-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393312041

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